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Hello LIBR 545 Students!

In past iterations of this course, students asked me to provide a place where you could all share titles of books you're reading with each other. Rather than the appeal factors paragraphs which may come with some pressure and which requires a whole paragraph, this page is a place simply to record titles and authors, and if you want to add other info, you can, but it's completely informal. It's a great idea and so this page was born. If you're not sure how to use the UBC Wiki, here is a link that explains some of the basics: https://wiki.ubc.ca/Help:Contents

Essentially, you will log in with your UBC ID and password, and navigate to this page using the link I provided in Canvas, or by searching for LIBR545 in the search box. Once you're here, you can click on "Edit" above and you should be able to add content, including book cover images if you want.

This page is for you students, so use it however you like (within the parameters of polite society and this course context, of course!). Simply start adding your content below the line and enjoy reading each others' contributions! I've included some genre headings as these are the ones students have included in the past, but feel free to add any that are not included if you have a book that needs a new genre heading. If there is another way you'd prefer to organize the page, that is also fine - it's your space, so make it your own!

Note that graphic novels exist as non-fiction and fiction, and they span all genres. If you want to have a separate section for graphic novels, by all means do, but perhaps, to assist your peers, indicate which genre they fall into. Alternately, you could include them in the genre categories and indicate that they are graphic novels. Either approach will work. Or neither - again, this is your choice.

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What We're Reading

Mystery

Still Life by Louise Penny
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Phryne Fisher Mysteries Series by Kerry Greenwood

Thriller

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

Romance

The Long Game by Rachel Reid

Historical Fiction

Fortress Besieged by Qian Zhongshu

Science Fiction

The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Afterglow: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors by Grist (short stories)

Fantasy

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
The Villain's White Halo by

Sci Fi/Fantasy

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Western

Trigun Maximum Omnibus Series by Yasuhiro Nightow
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Classics

Women's Fiction

Gothic

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Goya: the Terrible Sublime by El Torres

Horror

Contemporary & Literary Fiction

Before I knew I Loved You by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Memoir

No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir by Ani DiFranco
Funny, You Don't look Autistic by Michael McCreary

Autobiography

Non-fiction

The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake